1.  The State Forester Firewarden may prohibit or restrict the following activities on any lands within the jurisdiction of the State Forester Firewarden when a danger to public safety or natural resources exists because of conditions which create a high risk of fire:

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 472.510

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039

(a) The operation in an area of timber, brush or grass of a motor vehicle or other item of equipment powered by a motor:

(1) If the motor does not have a spark arrestor as required by law; or

(2) If the operator does not have in his or her possession an ax, shovel and at least 1 gallon of water;

(b) The operation in an area of timber, brush or grass of a motor vehicle off an existing paved, gravel or dirt road;

(c) The smoking of tobacco or other substances in any place other than a motor vehicle or an area cleared of flammable vegetation;

(d) Setting an open fire in any place other than in a fireplace located in an established picnic area or campground; or

(e) Other activities, if specified in regulations adopted by the State Forester Firewarden and the prohibition or restriction is related to reducing a high risk of fire, but these prohibitions and restrictions do not apply in established campgrounds or picnic areas, beaches or places of habitation or to travel on state or federal highways.

2.  The State Forester Firewarden shall make a public announcement and post signs in any area where the State Forester Firewarden has prohibited or restricted any activities.

3.  The State Forester Firewarden shall, upon finding that a danger to public safety or to natural resources no longer exists, make known to the public the end of any prohibition or restriction in that area.

4.  The State Forester Firewarden shall cooperate and collaborate with the relevant federal, state and local agencies in prohibiting or restricting activities pursuant to this section.

5.  The provisions of this section apply only to specified prohibitions or restrictions and do not confer upon the State Forester Firewarden the power to prohibit access to land.

6.  Any person violating any of the provisions of subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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